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Tea Party Congress isn't extreme enough for Club for Growth (Allen West, David McKinley, Lou Barletta) - 05/17/12
... good-on-immigration Lou Barletta of Hazleton, Pennsylvania fame only sided with the Club 47% of the time. One of his sins was failing to "[c]ut Botanic Garden funding by $3 million".
The Club for Growth can generally be considered to be on the side of the high immigration Right; compared to the costs of illegal immigration, $3 million is pocket change.
Appeals court strikes down Hazleton immigration law; what to do - 09/09/10
... of Appeals has struck down the Hazleton immigration ordinance. That ordinance sought to prevent housing rentals to illegal aliens and to take away the business licenses of companies that employ illegal aliens.
Per chief Judge Theodore McKee:
"It is ... not our job to sit in judgment of whether state and local frustration about federal immigration policy is warranted. We are, however, required to...
Details on CIR ASAP amnesty: as bad as you'd expect, Part 1 - 12/15/09
This post has excerpts from the first part of the outline of the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009" (amnesty) that was unveiled today by Luis Gutierrez. The backstory and more details are here. The PDF containing the summary is available here; bear in mind that the following is based on the summary and not on the bill text, and bear in mind that...
Obama immigration interview: he'd make situation far worse (Kevin Johnson/UC Davis) - 09/25/07
... response to the question about Hazleton, PA; that brackets this:
[...supports "comprehensive reform"...] The anti-immigrant law passed by Mayor Barletta was unconstitutional and unworkable – and it underscores the need for comprehensive immigration reform so local communities do not continue to take matters into their own hands... [...supports "comprehensive reform"...]
His response to the final...
Jean Pfaelzer is what's scary about the immigration debate - 07/16/07
... who's a pathological liar:
...Hazleton's mayor told Sixty Minutes about a 70% rise in violent crime since Latinos came to town in 2001 (the correct number is 20 of 8,500 crimes). Farmers Branch, Texas said that the code would prevent terrorist attacks by purging its Latinos. One third of towns that passed the code are in unemployed areas of Pennsylvania--railroad towns that once sold anthracite...
What Steve Kroft/60 Minutes forgot to ask (Hazleton immigration ordinance) - 11/19/06
... offered a slightly fair report on Hazleton, Pennsylvania's new ordinance concerning illegal aliens renting and being employed in the city.
Here's a partial list of some of the things he forgot to do:
1. At the end, when Kroft said that some people had called mayor Lou Barletta a racist, and Kroft lingered over the word "racist", he forgot to mention the far-left, anti-American loonies who've...
Pahrump anti-illegal immigration ordinance; bucks rotting in the banks? - 10/12/06
... Art Bell - is considering a "Hazleton-style" ordinance, but with the additional twist of trying to block banks from doing business with illegal aliens. In response, Timothy Pratt of the Las Vegas Sun offers a slab of pro-bank propaganda in "Bank on it becoming more difficult if Pahrump's anti-immigrant act passes". The story was picked up by the AP, and there's more on the author below.
The...
ACLU, PRLDEF sue Hazleton over immigration law - 08/16/06
Various far-left forces have sued Hazleton over the immigration law they passed last month. The suit has no less than 235 individual claims, and those filing it include:
* Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF)
* American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
* Wilkes-Barre attorneys Barry Dyller and George Barron
* Philadelphia's Cozen O'Connor law firm
In addition to various individuals...
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